CostGrade
A

81/100

#325 nationally

Providence St Vincent Medical Center

9205 Sw Barnes Road, Portland, OR 97225 · (503) 216-1234

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Providence St Vincent Medical Center billed $2.82 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
2.8x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
167
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in OR
#7
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
4/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 27.7/35

Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 21.9/25

Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 23.0/30

Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.2/10

Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

401 $44,809 $19,240 -31%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

385 $10,592 $2,857 -46%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

219 $30,059 $12,610 -31%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

214 $11,142 $3,413 -56%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

211 $75,713 $24,742 -43%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

199 $7,545 $1,694 -25%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

194 $41,528 $13,786 -34%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

161 $10,911 $2,433 -7%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

133 $20,118 $4,241 about average
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

132 $37,019 $14,830 about average

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit

$28,183 $5,484 +16%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$43,763 $8,911 +16%
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay

$74,522 $27,316 +13%
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures

APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,853 $2,452 +10%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

$37,019 $14,830 about average
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

$38,544 $6,842 about average
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

$20,118 $4,241 about average
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,354 $1,997 -3%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Disorders of Personality and Impulse Control

MS-DRG 883 · Inpatient stay

$12,095 $17,087 -73%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay

$23,708 $15,144 -58%
Dysequilibrium

MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay

$16,895 $7,400 -57%
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay

$10,991 $7,159 -56%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,142 $3,413 -56%
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale

MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay

$24,144 $15,513 -56%
Heart Transplant or Implant of Heart Assist System with Major Complications

MS-DRG 001 · Inpatient stay

$614,286 $281,887 -55%
Heart Attack (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 282 · Inpatient stay

$17,569 $8,047 -54%

What this page cannot tell you

  • It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
  • It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
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